- Gross Domestic Product
- Methods of Calculating GDP
- Nominal Vs. Real GDP
- GDP, National Income, and Personal Income
- Relationship Between Saving, Investment, Fiscal Balance, and Trade Balance
- The IS Curve
- The LM Curve
- Aggregate Demand Curve
- Aggregate Supply Curve
- Shifts in Aggregate Demand Curve
- Shifts in Supply Curve
- Macroeconomic Equilibrium
- Economic Growth and Inflation
- Business Cycle and Economics
- Impact of Changes in Aggregate Supply and Demand
- Sources, Measurement, and Sustainability of Economic Growth
- The Production Function
Macroeconomic Equilibrium
We can combine the aggregate demand curve and the aggregate supply curve to determine the macroeconomic equilibrium in the short-run and the long-run. The two graphs are shown below:
In the short run the equilibrium point is the point where the Aggregate Demand (AD) curve and Short Run Aggregate Supply (SRAS) curve intersect. It reflects the equilibrium output and the price level in the short run.
Let’s say that the economy is not in equilibrium and supply is more (somewhere towards the upper right side on the green line). In that case the price levels the producers expect are higher and at that price level the supply is much more than the demand. Then the producers will curtail their production and we will move back towards the equilibrium point shown above.In the long run, the macroeconomic equilibrium point is the point where the Aggregate Demand (AD) curve intersects with the Long Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS) curve. Even the SRAS intersects at the same point. The output level is the potential GDP at full employment.
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